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104:(CIA). In 1959, Mathai was forced to quit as Nehru's secretariat following the charges of corruption. The Cabinet Secretary Vishnu Sahay investigated the case and was convinced that Mathai had compromised every file since the days of the Interim Government of India.
152:; he claims to have not read the contents. The blanked chapter claimed affairs Indira Gandhi had with other people and chapter also concerned the Gandhi family in general. Demands for the ban on the book were made to during the Janata alliance rule but
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